MR. J. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts, Mansfield)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether the Department has received a complaint from parents Of scholars in the Honiton National School that on the 12th ultimo their children were without their knowledge taken with the other scholars to a service in St. Paul's Church, the service being held during the time allotted to religious instruction, and such parents having desired the withdrawal of their children from such instruction; and whether the Department will take steps to prevent the recurrence of a similar proceeding?
§ SIR J. GORSTComplaints have been received from two parents, and the Committee of Council are at present in communication with the managers of the school.